When our baby Kate was born it was the biggest day of my life 当我们的宝贝凯特出生那是我一生中最重要的一天

Lying there, little bows in her hair 躺在那里，小蝴蝶结在她的头发

In the loving arms of my wife 在我妻子的怀抱

I was the proudest papa in the USA 我最骄傲的爸爸在美国

Makin' a living on the road somewhere a thousand miles away 金生活的道路上的某个地方千里之外

   

It was a happy day, but kinda' sad 这是一个快乐的日子，但有点“难过

And I wish I coulda' been there 我想我本可以“在那里

Yea I wish I coulda' been there 是啊，我想我本可以“在那里

I wish I coulda been there for that 我希望我本应该在那里的

   

Little Bobby hit his first home run 小博击中了他的第一个本垒打

He was the hero of the home town crowd 他的家乡观众的英雄

Two to one, it was a winning run 二对一，这是一个决胜

Everybody was cheering loud 每个人都在大声欢呼

And mommy she was smilin' saying he's a chip off of the old block 和妈妈，她微笑 ，说他是一个模子印出来的块

But I was on the road somewhere between Memphis and Little Rock 但我是孟菲斯和小石城之间的某处的道路上

   

It was a happy day but kinda' sad 这是一个快乐的日子，但有点“难过

And I wish I coulda' been there 我想我本可以“在那里

Yea I wish I coulda' been there 是啊，我想我本可以“在那里

I wish I coulda' been there for that 我想我本可以“在那里为

   

Now Bobby and Kate are all grown up 现在， Bobby和凯特都长大了

And moved away 和离开

They stay in touch 他们保持联系

We're proud of the two good kids we raised 我们对我们提出的两个孩子好骄傲

And it's hard to believe we are celebrating our twenty fifth year today 而且很难相信我们，我们今天的二十五年庆祝

This party's nice but the kids aren't here 这个党的不错，但孩子们不在这里

At least they called to say 至少，他们打电话说

Congratulations mom and dad 恭喜爸爸妈妈

   

I wish we could have been there 我希望我们能一直存在

I wish we could have been there 我希望我们能一直存在

I wish we could have been there for that 我希望我们能一直在那里为

It was a happy day, but kinda' sad 这是一个快乐的日子，但有点“难过

And I wish they could have been there 我希望他们能一直在那里

Yea I wish they could have been there 是啊，我希望他们能一直在那里

I wish they could have been there, for that 我希望他们能一直存在，因为这